▪ I. † lewyn Obs.
Also 4 leuwyn, levyne, 5 lewan(e.
[f. Flemish Leuven, Louvain.]
A kind of linen cloth.
| 1360 Finchale Acc. (Surtees) p. iii, Et xij ulnæ de leuwyn pro mappis. 1373 in Exch. Rolls Scot. II. 444 In empcione 35 vlnarum de levyne, varii precii, xxs. xd. 1390–1 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 80 Et pro lewyn pro dictis torches et torticiis. 1485 Inv. in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 366 De panno lineo vocato lewan j par linthiaminum de lewane. |
▪ II. lewyn(e
see levin.
▪ III. lewyn(g
obs. Sc. form of living.